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by Zenobia. The next day she was comfortably installed.
with these good people, a little cramped for room perhaps,
but quite happy, and looking extremely pretty,
I was in a most virtuous humour, but I apprehended some
difficulty in maintaining that attitude during our voyage to
Marseilles.
I had nothing more to do in Milan, but I had promised
the count to spend a fortnight with him at San Angelo, a
country place belonging to his family. He had a married
brother who lived there, and he was constantly telling me
how delighted this brother would be to make my acquaint-
ance.
On the fourth day of Lent I said good-bye to Teresa,
Greppi, and the Marchesa Q., and the count and I set off
for San Angelo. The countess did not care to join the party,
but stopped at Milan with Triulzi. We arrived at San
Angelo in three hours, and found that our hosts were wait-
ing dinner for us.